⛽ Vibra To Acquire Comerc For $642M. $60M+ VC Funding.
Daily Impact Deals #165 looks at major deals and M&A in impact industries and upcoming economic releases.
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📈 Today's Global Economic Update: Japan's annual inflation rate remained at 2.8% in July 2024, with electricity prices increasing the most since 1981 and core inflation hitting a five-month high of 2.7%. This persistent inflationary pressure signals that the central bank may consider further interest rate hikes to control rising costs.
🤖 Deal of the Day: Opkey, a company providing an AI-powered continuous test automation platform for enterprise systems, raised a $47M Series B.
What's New?
📚 Education. Training
🌍 Climate. Fuel distribution
💻 Technology. Dropbox acquired Reclaim.ai + more
📅 Economics. Euro area inflation, US GDP, personal income & spending+ more
📚 Education
☁️ Administrate, an English company providing a cloud-based training management platform, raised $3.9M from Maven Capital Partners to expand globally.
🌍 Climate
⛽ Vibra, a Brazilian fuel distributor and owner of BR gas stations is set to acquire Comerc, Brazil's largest energy manager, for $642.1M to boost its renewable energy investments.
💻 Technology
🤖 Opkey, a company providing an AI-powered continuous test automation platform for enterprise systems, raised a $47M Series B.
📦 Dropbox, has acquired Reclaim.ai, an AI-powered scheduling tool backed by Calendly and Index Ventures.
📅 Economic Calendar
Euro Area Inflation, US GDP, Personal Income & Spending + More
Monday, August 26th 2024
🇩🇪 Germany Ifo Business Climate, August
🇺🇸 US Durable Goods Orders Data, July
Tuesday, August 27th 2024
🇦🇺 Australia Monthly CPI Indicator, July
Wednesday, August 28th 2024
🇩🇪 Germany GfK Consumer Confidence, September
Thursday, August 29th 2024
🇩🇪 Germany Inflation Data (Preliminary), August
🇺🇸 US GDP Growth Data, Q2
Friday, August 30th 2024
🇯🇵 Japan Consumer Confidence Index, August
🇫🇷 France Inflation Data (Preliminary), August
🇪🇦 Euro Area Inflation Data Flash, August
🇮🇹 Italy Inflation Data (Preliminary), July
🇮🇳 India GDP Growth Data, Q2
🇨🇦 Canada Growth Data, Q2
🇺🇸 US Core PCE Price Index, July
🇺🇸 US Personal Income & Spending Data, July
🇨🇳 China NBS Manufacturing PMI, August
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